The San Francisco Examiner - Sunday, April 28, 1895
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WILDE ON HIS TRIAL.
Witness Shelly Not Spared by the
Lawyers.
Plenty of Evidence of the Guilt of the
Prisoner Given Before the Case Was
Adjourned Until Monday.
LONDON, April 27. - The trial of Oscar Wilde and Alfred Taylor, charged with serious misdemeanors, was resumed at the Old Bailey Court to-day with a large attendance. Alfred Wood and Frederick Atkins were examined and cross-examined. The latter was asked if he had received £500 ($2,500) from a foreign Count while he was at Scarborough in his yacht, and he denied it. He repeated his testimony concerning Wilde. Sir Edward Clarke tried to show that he had blackmailed men at Nice, Paris and other places. The witness denied that he had extorted a large sum of money from two Americans at the Hotel Victoria.
When Edward Shelly, formerly employed by publishers Matthews & Land, was asked to tell the jury what had occured in Oscar Wilde's rooms, he particularly appealed to counsel to read it from his previous deposition and thus spare him the shame of repeating it. Counsel, however, made him repeat the story. Other evidence of the character already outlined was given, and the trial was then adjourned until Monday.
When Edward Shelly, the former employee of Matthews and Lane, was testifying, and was asked to tell the jury what had occurred in Oscar Wilde’s rooms, the witness pathetically appealed to counsel to read it from his previous deposition and thus spare him the shame of repeating it. Counsel, however, made the witness repeat his story. The day was occupied by the examination of the same witnesses who have already been on the stand.
When Edward Shelly, the former employee of the publishers, Matthews & Lane, was testifying, and was asked to tell the jury what had occured in Oscar Wilde’s rooms, the witness pathetically appealed to counsel to read it from his previous deposition, and thus spare him the shame of repeating it. Counsel, however, made the witness repeat his story. The day was occupied by the examination of the same witnesses who have already been called to the stand, and the testimony was of the same character is already outlined.
When Edward Shelly, the former employee of the publishers, Matthews & Lane, was testifying, and was asked to tell the jury what had occured in Oscar Wilde’s rooms, the witness pathetically appealed to counsel to read it from his previous deposition, and thus spare him the shame of repeating it. Counsel, however, made the witness repeat his story. The day was occupied by the examination of the same witnesses who have already been called to the stand, and the testimony was of the same character as already outlined.
When Edward Shelley, the former employe of the publishers Matthews & Lane, was testifying, and was asked to tell the jury what had occurred in Oscar Wilde's rooms, the witness pathetically appealed to counsel to read it from his previous deposition, and thus spare him the shame of repeating it. Counsel, however, made the witness repeat his story. The day was occupied by the examination of the same witnesses who have been called to the stand, and the testimony was of the same character as already outlined.
When Edward Shelby, the former employe of the publishers, Matthews & Lane, was testifying and was asked to tell the jury what had occurred in Oscar Wilde's room the witness pathetically appealed to counsel to read it from his previous deposition and thus spare him the shame of repeating it. Counsel, however, made him repeat the story. The day was occupied by the examination of the same witnesses who have already been called to the stand, and the testimony was of the same character as already outlined. The trial was continued until Monday.